by admin | Sep 5, 2016 | And I Quote..., Blog
Satan’s counterfeiting depends on God in his original character. Satan’s counterfeits can be attractive only because God is the original attraction. And idolaters underneath the surface still rely on God, the true God. That is one of the paradoxes and frustrations of...
by admin | Aug 29, 2016 | And I Quote..., Blog
A man may have enough of the world to sink him, but he can never have enough to satisfy him. Thomas Brooks, The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks Volume One, (James Nichol, 1866 [1676]), 69
by admin | Aug 22, 2016 | And I Quote..., Blog
Humility has nothing to do with depreciating ourselves and our gifts in ways we know to be untrue. Even “humble” attitudes can be masks of pride. Humility is that freedom from our self which enables us to be in positions in which we have neither recognition nor...
by admin | Aug 15, 2016 | And I Quote..., Blog
To be a follower of the Crucified means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And the cross always entails loss. The great symbol of Christianity means sacrifice and no one who calls himself a Christian can evade this stark fact. Elisabeth Elliot,...
by admin | Aug 8, 2016 | And I Quote..., Blog
I want to hate my sins more than I hate the sins of others who sin differently than I do. — @BurkParsons
by admin | Aug 1, 2016 | And I Quote..., Blog
Once the gospel starts being presented primarily as that which brings such-and-such benefits, be they freedom from alcohol abuse or just emotional highs every once in a while, the distinctive particularity of Christianity is lost. Islam too gives people self-respect,...
